Movie
The Professor and the Madman
The incredible true story that defined our world.
20192h 4m★ 7.1HistoryDramaMysteryThriller
Overview
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Director
- Farhad Safinia
Writers
- John Boorman
- Todd Komarnicki
- Farhad Safinia
Producers
- Bruce Davey
- Mel Gibson
- Gastón Pavlovich
Where to watch
Region: US · via JustWatch / TMDB
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Top cast
Mel Gibson
James Murray
Sean Penn
Dr. William Chester Minor
Natalie Dormer
Eliza Merrett
Eddie Marsan
Muncie
Jennifer Ehle
Ada Murray
Jeremy Irvine
Charles Hall
David O'Hara
Church
Anthony Andrews
Benjamin Jowett
Ioan Gruffudd
Henry Bradley
Stephen Dillane
Dr. Richard Brayne
Steve Coogan
Frederick James Furnivall
Laurence Fox
Philip Lyttelton Gell
